Browsers

baalazai · Post by **baalazai** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:51 pm

A while back (maybe 3 years or more) there was this neat thing called competition with web browsers. They even had a cool name for it: The Browser Wars.

At some point, Microsoft won and basically stopped updating their software....I don't remember the last time they released an update but its been years...

Since that time, mozilla has been in the background steadily updating and upgrading. Well, they've just released a new browser called FoxFire.

Some of you may not even care, but I think its pretty darn cool.

LINK IS HERE

Cool Features:
** tabbed browsing (click on that mouse wheel of yours)
** interactive bookmarks (very nice for news sites)
** extensions
** themes
** popup/ad blocker
** google search toolbar item
** webpage find (CTRL-F) is kick butt too

Let me just say that while all of these features are just bells and whistles for the most part, I really love tabbed browsing.

Sineral posted on DA's forums too...

Akodo · Post by **Akodo** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:32 pm

Ive been using firefox for a while and it's great! Until you run into stuff that doesnt support it! I have found tons of sites that you cannot use firefox on. Either it crashes or some of the content isnt shown. Unfortunately, Microsoft won the browser wars and now pretty much every web site is designed with IE in mind.

baalazai · Post by **baalazai** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:36 pm

What websites are YOU going to?

I haven't seen one that I can't load up yet.

Sangerin · Post by **Sangerin** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:10 pm

I have also been using Firefox for quite some time, and have loved it. I have seen 1 or 2 sites that it had trouble loading, but they where crappy home made gaming/fan sites for anime and such...So yah. FF rules.

Tusj · Post by **Tusj** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:41 pm

http://slashdot.org/ looks crappy in firefox, the left nav bar is on top of the center stories. Other than that I really like firefox, been using it a long time, Opera before that.

Bactros · Post by **Bactros** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:29 pm

slashdot renders the same in firefox and internet explorer for me, perhaps you are using an older version.

Tusj · Post by **Tusj** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:34 pm

Using 1.0pre, same problem I had with 0.9.
Didnt check the css or anything tho, but I don't read slashdot much so it's no problem really

baalazai · Post by **baalazai** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:46 pm

I haven't had any problem with slashdot either. In fact, it's got a button on the bottom right that I love! Its sort of an interactive/live update bookmark for all of the stories on slashdot. Or, crazy!!, you can have all of the stories open in their own tabs.

Seems like slashdot was sort of built for FF browser...

Akodo · Post by **Akodo** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:18 pm

I suppose it's possible its just me but I doubt it. I have had many sites crash on me with firefox, whereas if I load them with IE I have no problem. Mostly it happens when flash is involved. One of the sites I have the most problems with is verizonwireless.com. I can't look at the phone flash demo's without crashing, and if i go the the get it now area and look at games for example, the previews won''t even load. There are ton's of personal web pages I have visited that crash instantly too. Yes, I am using the new version. In fact im using it now to reply to this thread

Argor · Post by **Argor** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:07 pm

That's weird, Akodo, I've never had FF crash. However, I've had format-failure with pages designed for the non-W3C-compatible IE.

Tried re-installing it?